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The American opioid epidemic : from patient care to public health

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The American Opioid Epidemic: From Patient Care to Public Health provides practicing psychiatrists, trainees, and other mental health professionals with the latest information on opioid addiction, including misuse of heroin and other illicit opioids, the role of prescription analgesic opioids, and recent overdose trends. Although highly effective in relieving acute pain, opioids can cause untold damage to people's lives, health, and social structures. Recognizing the efficacy of these drugs when prescribed appropriately, the editors call not for eliminating access or for incarcerating those who are addicted, but for changing the patterns of prescribing and use. The crisis is analyzed by expert contributors from a wide variety of perspectives, they address issues of epidemiology and toxicology, prevention and harm reduction, and common comorbidities. Stressing that prevention and treatment do work, expert contributors provide down-to-earth, public-health-focused strategies that clinicians and public health workers alike will find indispensable. Moreover, the use of clinical vignettes and key chapter points help ground the reader and highlight the most important concepts. -- Publisher.

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Title

The American opioid epidemic : from patient care to public health

Call No

RC568

Edition

First edition.

Authors

Compton, Michael T.
Manseau, Marc W.
American Psychiatric Association Publishing

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Language

English

Published

Washington, D.C : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2019]

Publication Desc

xxi, 437 pages : illustrations ;

ISBN

9781615371570

(ebook)

LCCN

2018037457

Dimensions

23 cm

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The American Opioid Epidemic: From Patient Care to Public Health provides practicing psychiatrists, trainees, and other mental health professionals with the latest information on opioid addiction, including misuse of heroin and other illicit opioids, the role of prescription analgesic opioids, and recent overdose trends. Although highly effective in relieving acute pain, opioids can cause untold damage to people's lives, health, and social structures. Recognizing the efficacy of these drugs when prescribed appropriately, the editors call not for eliminating access or for incarcerating those who are addicted, but for changing the patterns of prescribing and use. The crisis is analyzed by expert contributors from a wide variety of perspectives, they address issues of epidemiology and toxicology, prevention and harm reduction, and common comorbidities. Stressing that prevention and treatment do work, expert contributors provide down-to-earth, public-health-focused strategies that clinicians and public health workers alike will find indispensable. Moreover, the use of clinical vignettes and key chapter points help ground the reader and highlight the most important concepts. -- Publisher.

Content Note

From fields of poppies to a national crisis / Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H., Marc W. Manseau, M.D., M.P.H -- Prescription opioids / Julian Santaella-Tenorio, M.P.H., Luis E. Segura, M.D., M.P.H., Vitor S. Tardelli, M.D., Leila M. Vaezazizi, M.D., Silvia S. Martins, M.D., Ph.D -- Heroin and other illicit opioids / Abhishek Jain, M.D., Carl E. Fisher, M.D -- Opioid overdose, toxicity, and poisoning / Nathaniel Kunzler, M.D., Katherine Devin, M.D., Kavita Babu, M.D., Edward W. Boyer, M.D., Ph.D -- The opioid epidemic : social determinants and health inequities / Leila M. Vaezazizi, M.D., Julie Netherland, Ph.D., Helena Hansen, M.D., Ph.D -- Opioid use disorder and medical comorbidity / Aaron Fox, M.D., M.S., Benjamin Hayes, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.W -- Opioid use disorder and psychiatric comorbidity / Marc W. Manseau, M.D., M.P.H., Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H -- Assessment and care of patients with opioid use disorder / Snehal Bhatt, M.D., Bellelizabeth Foster, M.D., Vanessa Jacobsohn, M.D., Paul Romo, M.D., Tyler Seybert, M.D., Roxanne Russell, M.D -- Opioid withdrawal management and transition to treatment / Matisyahu Shulman, M.D., Arthur Robin Williams, M.D., M.B.E., Adam Bisaga, M.D -- Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders / Leslie Marino, M.D., M.P.H., Sarah Oreck, M.D., M.S., Samuel Kolander, M.D -- Psychosocial approaches to the treatment of opioid use disorder / Karen L. Dugosh, Ph.D., David S. Festinger, Ph.D., S. Brook Burkley, M.S.W -- Harm reduction : caring for people who misuse opioids / Sharon Stancliff, M.D., Bethany Medley, M.S.W., William Mathews, R.P.A-C -- Prevention of opioid misuse and addiction through policy approaches / Tauheed Zaman, M.D., Leo Beletsky, J.D., M.P.H., Keith A. Hermanstyne, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.P.M -- Performance measures and quality improvement for the opioid epidemic / Arthur Robin Williams, M.D., M.B.E.